"This is Qingzhou. Everyone is relying on each other, just to make a contract. If everyone does not keep their promises, will it work?" Zhu Qing said angrily.

"Mr. Wu, please say less, Manager Zhu, don't be surprised. Some time ago, Sun Gong investigated private salt and punished Wu Yuanwai for nearly a thousand guan. Mr. Wu was also afraid." The old man advised and asked again: "What else is there."

"The rest is that there are two business incomes that are not within one tenth of this, the first is Buddhist scriptures."

"Buddhist scriptures?" Everyone was stunned at first, and then wanted to laugh. Buddhism in Xixia is booming, but a few people can read, so they plan to sell 10,000 Buddhist scriptures a year. One Buddhist scripture can earn 100 million yuan, which is only 1,000 jin, which is not enough for your monthly food subsidy.

"We agree with this, what about the other one?"

"liquor."

Zhu Qing said it before, and everyone behind finally couldn't help laughing together.

"Are you sure it's wine?" the old man asked.

"It is it. The income from these two things cannot be included. Not only horses, but also some other expenses. The expenditure is very large. I hope you understand."

"Okay, then we agree." The old man said speechlessly.

This is the wine in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was very cruel. The price of salt was raised to thirty or forty cents per kilogram, and the salt-deficient areas could reach hundreds of cents per kilogram. You should know that those coolies earned only one hundred cents a day, and just one hundred cents a day’s work cannot be guaranteed every day.

But the wine press is slightly better.

There are two types of official wine and private wine. Private wine is not arbitrary to make wine for private wine. If you eat it at home, you can make dozens of kilograms of wine, that's it. You must also go to a place guided by the government to buy wine koji. Private wine is also called buying pum.

Privately go to the government to buy high-priced wine koji, and the amount of wine you buy is allowed to make as much wine. After buying puffs, you can make wine and sell wine. But there is one advantage, that is, the government will take the initiative to cooperate with local merchants to carry out regional protection. For example, if you buy puffs in Huazhou, you can make wine and sell wine in Huazhou, but other foreign wines are not allowed to enter.

Therefore, there are also cheap wines, four to eight cents per pound.

It is also very expensive, which is low-alcohol wine, rice wine, low-alcohol rice wine and low-alcohol fruit wine.

Moreover, it is better than the large amount, so it can bring more than 10 million yuan of income to the Song Dynasty in a year, which is often higher than the income from salt.

However, there is also wine brewing in the Xixia region, and even because there is no wine system, it is cheaper than those in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, there is also a shipping fee.

"But I have something to say first. If someone violates the regulations and has private salt, don't blame the magistrate Wang for being ruthless in the future. And before that, my boss talked with Sun Gong and repeatedly promised not to touch private salt."

Wang Ju was hiding in the dark for this series of arrangements, after all, he was hitting the edge ball. Fortunately, he was a civil servant. If a military general did this, he would have successfully organized Yi Qianfanqi. If he didn't do it well, he would have ended up being exiled by a sect.

Therefore, Zhu Huan and Mr. Li came to see Sun Mian with generous gifts, and some things were also publicly stated, including the use of private goods for war horses, and promised that if there were extra war horses in the future, they would have to be sold to Qingzhou at a price of 30 stagnant per horse, so that the number of other cavalry horses would be enriched. Moreover, the horses must be more than third-class horses. We should not use inferior horses to pretend to be good horses.

The country also does not allow private goods, but it is not as strict as private salt.

And it is also good to be attentive. If there are a few decent cavalry in Qingzhou, the defense will be enhanced.

In fact, this form is quite similar to the horse buying clubs established in the Song Dynasty before. However, the horse buying clubs also have the right to sell horses freely. The price given by the government is not suitable, so we have the right not to sell them to the government.

Don’t ask what the Zhu and Li families are doing. Even if they plan to use money to pile up Wang Ju’s political achievements, the one who will benefit the most in this process is not Wang Ju, but the country, and there are many people who benefit, but Wang Ju, including officials from Huachi County and the defense and military of Qingzhou.

Sun Mian thought about it and found that there were still places where taboos were violated, but Qingzhou was seriously short of horses and there was no way out. This was also a path, so he finally agreed.

The old man looked at everyone again.

Everyone agreed that the income of private salt will inevitably decrease if there is no private salt, but this is equivalent to joining forces with the government to conduct private business. Not only Huachi County, but also Qingzhou may be able to agree that such private business will be reduced if there is no private salt, the scale of private business will increase and the income will not decrease much. There is no way out, so I have to let it go.

Zhu Qing then said, "Can you introduce me to me and let me meet with the people over there."

This is OK.

The group came to a ravine north of Qingzhou.

Going further north is the Meat-Zhongzhaojiang Ball Fort in Qingzhou.

As one person went to the front and made a few gestures, more than a dozen people emerged from the mountains and forests.

Zhu Qing was good at this, but the rules were slightly different. After a while, the Xixia people came over and looked at Zhu Qing and asked, "Do you want to see us?"

"good."

"I still want a horse?"

"I will give this horse a fair price, but what I want is a good horse."

The Song Dynasty hated private salt, while the Western Xia hated good horses. But the Western Xia side could not be banned. I can only say that I could check it to prevent the spread and disasters. The nature is similar to the ban on salt in the Song Dynasty.

As long as it is a transaction, there is no problem.

Zhu Qing said again: "In addition, I also bring something."

As he said that, he took out a small wine bag and a small wine cup from his arms. He opened the wine bag and poured a glass of wine into the wine cup.

"Save?" said the leader of Xixia people. It seemed that he was familiar with the situation in the Song Dynasty.

A cup of turbid wine is a big one. It is ordinary rice wine, rice wine, which is turbid and is generally cheaper. However, distilled liquor appeared in the Song Dynasty, and this distilled liquor was not the later high-level liquor. Just like the steelmaking situation of steelmaking, it was lighter every time. Although it could produce good steel, the cost was too much to bear. This distilled liquor is similar to steelmaking. It has a distillation process and no sealing process.

Therefore, no matter how you steam it, you can't steam it, but the degree will be slightly better after steaming. In addition, if you steam it two or three times, although the cost will increase, during the steaming and cooling process, some impurities will precipitate and the color will become pure. This is sake. It is generally more expensive and ordinary people are reluctant to eat it.

Zhu Qing said: "It's not sake, you can taste it."

The man took the wine glass, and did not take it seriously, and drank it in one gulp. Then he bent down and coughed violently. After coughing, he shouted: "This is wine, it's fire."

"Yes, it's called Shaojiu." Zhu Qing looked at its reaction.

It may not be something that everyone likes, such as most wines in the Song Dynasty. Because of their low-degree, sour and sweet, they can sometimes be drunk as drinks. So Wu Song drank eighteen bowls of wine. If it was sour wine, there would be no need for eighteen bowls. Put three bowls down and move.

This wine is too strong.

Anyway, Zhu Qing doesn’t like it very much, but Wang Ju also said that it is strong or spicy, and it is cold in the northwest in winter, so some people are still happy.

The man's face was red with a cough, and he said for most of the day: "It's soju, it's even more burning than fire."

"This big brother, it is not only strong, but also unique in the world. Think about it, not only you Xia people, but also Jiashan people and Shubu people from the north. When winter comes, will you eat a glass of soju? Is it still cold after drinking it?"

The man's eyes immediately emitted light and said, "Is it a unique one?"

"If you don't believe it, you can inquire about us first before trading. Even I don't have this good thing in Tokyo."

The man finally got moved and stretched out his hand. The two of them stretched out their hands between each other's robes and began to discuss business.

Zhu Qing said: "No. Think about whether this wine is so strong that it is more powerful than the turbid wine you used to eat hundreds or thousands of times. It is strong in nature, so it has a lot of food, dozens of times that of ordinary turbid wine."

Anyway, it’s okay to ask for a price all over the place and pay it back on the ground, it doesn’t matter if you talk nonsense.

The man said, "What you want is a horse. If it is a few horses, I can give it to you for free for friendship, but you want a lot of horses. This is very troublesome. If it is replaced with green salt, I can double the price."

The two of them kept moving their sleeves and talking nonstop. Of course, what the price is, others can't see it.

After a long time of work, the business was finally completed. The man was satisfied and left with a smile. Zhu Qing was also satisfied and went back with a smile.

When he arrived at Huachi Town, Zhu Qing said: "Minister Wang, the negotiations were made. At the beginning, he could not judge the sales situation, so the quantity was a bit small."

"Manager Zhu, tell me."

"Previously, he only gave fifty horses, which were no less than the second-class horse specifications of our court, and 70,000 kilograms of wine."

Wang Ju immediately calculated in his mind that fifty second-class horses could not be calculated according to the price set by Han Qi and Zhao Shu, and even if one horse was calculated, it would not be bought. The correct thing is to calculate a fifty horse, fifty horses, two thousand five hundred horses, more than seven hundred cents per sen, about one million and nine hundred cents, and the price of a pound of wine was about twenty-seven cents.

This price is quite satisfactory. It sells strong, not delicious, nor Moutai. Therefore, the materials used are the cheapest sorghum brewing, and it does not need to be brewed into 60 degrees and 70 degrees. It can reach 40 degrees, which is enough to satisfy the other party. Even if this technology is backward now, four or five pounds of sorghum can produce a pound of wine. With the cost of buying puffs and labor, the cost of a pound of wine is only more than ten cents.

The main reason is that the northwest lacks food. Otherwise, if it is replaced by Hebei Central Plains and other places, the price of sorghum will be cheaper and the cost will be lower.

But Wang Ju was already very happy with this transaction and said, "Manager Zhu, don't be in a hurry. As long as the other party opens up sales, there will definitely not be only fifty horses. As for that Wu Cha..."

"This person almost ruined the major event of Magistrate Wang."

"The world is so big that people can be more capable, who dares to underestimate it? If you use it correctly, you will be righteous, and if you use it evil, you will be evil." Wang Judao thought in his heart that this person would have to keep some gods, but there are too many things at the moment, one after another, especially Sun Mian arrived, which added some variables, and he didn't have the heart to take care of a businessman in Qingzhou.

The two talked for a while, and Zhu Qing took Wang Xiaoma back again.

When they arrived at Yanzhou City, Zhu Huan and Li Yuanwai immediately met Cheng Kan: "Mr. Cheng, I want to buy wine."

Seeing that something was wrong, Fu Bi asked for a resignation for more than twenty consecutive times. But not only Fu Bi, but also an important official, Privy Councilor Zhang Sheng, Zhao Shu punished Cai Xiang, and Prime Minister Zhang was also worried. Whether Cai Xiang wrote that secret letter has become a mystery. But Zhang Sheng asked Zhao Zhen publicly, Your Majesty, do you doubt it?

This prince doesn't look right, don't you doubt it at all?

Zhao Zhen was given a soup by Han Qi and Aunt Cao. He never thought that he would not think about Zhang Sheng’s implication, but instead said, as long as he had the surname Zhao.

Zhang Sheng knew that persuasion was useless, so he stopped talking.

But now that Zhao Shu has brought up old accounts, Zhang Sheng is also worried. I am old and can't resist your troubles, so I'd better take the initiative to ask for a withdrawal.

In addition, there is another important official who also requested to retire, that is, Cheng Kan.

Cheng Kanchu was very motivated when he arrived in Yanzhou, but the court not only did not recall him, but Sima Guang stared at him and bit him. This was not a fatal matter.

The people of Xixia were getting bigger and bigger. Not only did the court not come up with specific policies, but instead made a so-called San Ding Thorn Yi. Lao Cheng did not have the ability of Lao Cai. With the power of three and four states, Li Liangzuo could defeat the 100,000 army.

Therefore, he couldn't help but think that it would be a good idea to continue like this. Originally, Yanzhou had limited troops, and the prime ministers in the court didn't know anything, they were ignorant and could even make a fuss, so I quit, so I would retreat too. So I wrote a letter repeatedly and requested to retire.

But if you retreat normally, you should retreat, but at this time, the Song Dynasty was full of soldiers, and Lao Cheng retreated, who would have the right to take over? Therefore, Zhao Shu disagreed without permission.

After hearing Zhu Huan's words, Cheng Kan was puzzled: "Zhu Huan, do you want to manage wine?"

"This wine is not sold to the people of Yanzhou, but is used to exchange horses with the people of Xixia."

Wang Ju was quite a bit of noise in Huachi. Huachi was not far from Yanzhou City. Cheng Kan also heard about it. He wanted to retreat, but he was not in his own territory. He heard about it, but he would not ask about it. Then he asked in surprise: "Zhu Huan, are you sure you can exchange wine for horses?"

"We have agreed on the transaction. The first batch was to exchange 70,000 kilograms of wine for fifty horses."

"The people of Xixia are stupid?" Cheng Kan was confused. He thought that he could exchange for fifty horses with 70,000 pounds of turbid wine worth 40 cents per pound. So a horse would not only have * guanqian? No matter what kind of horse you can ask, even if it is a horse that is too bad to be inferior, it can be exchanged.

"So Mr. Cheng, we have to buy wine puffs." Zhu Huan said again. Qingzhou also needs to buy wine puffs, but this grain is a bit miserable. Once a large-scale transaction is made, I am afraid that there will be insufficient food in Qingzhou. Therefore, not only buy some wine puffs in Qingzhou, but also buy them in Yanzhou. Then, the wine workshop is set up in Fuzheng County. Although there is a rugged mountain road in the middle, it is not far away, only about a hundred miles away. At this time, it can be said that everything is ready. (To be continued)
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